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Pizza places in Rockbridge County, VA

How Rockbridge County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #958 of 2,090 scored counties
#44 of 95 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
9
6 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
11
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$33.9M
On food away from home · $3,544 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,663
0.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Rockbridge County spend about $33.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,544 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Rockbridge County has 9 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 67% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Rockbridge County in 2023. That is one for every 868 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rockbridge County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, Rockbridge County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #958 of 2,090 scored counties and #44 of 95 scored counties in Virginia.

How Rockbridge County compares

The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Rockbridge County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRockbridge CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.47.58.0
Spending per listing$3.8M$5.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)868471478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,544$4,372$4,070
Median household income$65,469$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5259

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 11All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
197
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
96 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rockbridge County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

Population and households in Rockbridge County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,6630.0% since 2020
Households
9,552
Median age
47.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
597 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$65,469+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,858
Median home value
$248,800
Jobs located here
5,337
Daytime population
18,033Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Rockbridge County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Kent County, VA9855.4$8.9M+21.2%#1 of 2,090
2Powhatan County, VA9376.2$7.5M+7.0%#2 of 2,090
3Frederick County, VA91174.8$9.2M+8.8%#7 of 2,090
4Caroline County, VA9165.0$8.1M+11.3%#8 of 2,090
5Albemarle County, VA90214.6$10.1M+5.1%#11 of 2,090
6Rockingham County, VA88164.9$7.9M+6.6%#17 of 2,090
7Louisa County, VA88106.4$6.3M+13.6%#21 of 2,090
8Isle of Wight County, VA8585.1$8.4M+6.7%#36 of 2,090
9James City County, VA85216.6$7.1M+6.2%#41 of 2,090
10Culpeper County, VA83115.8$7.5M+9.3%#51 of 2,090
44Rockbridge County, VA5299.4$3.8M0.0%#958 of 2,090

Other business types in Rockbridge County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Rockbridge County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pizza places in Rockbridge County. 6 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

How much do households in Rockbridge County, VA spend on food away from home?

About $33.9M a year, or $3,544 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,552 households in Rockbridge County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rockbridge County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Rockbridge County has 9.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Rockbridge County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 868 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Rockbridge County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Rockbridge County at 22,663 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,552 households. Median household income in Rockbridge County is $65,469, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Rockbridge County scores 52 for pizza places (upper middle), #958 of 2,090 scored counties.

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